airy, dealing with a wintery mix. we are talking about sleet and snow, freezing rain across the area, as well, this is all around laytonsville, in to montgomery county this morning. be prepared for that, and glenn l, heading in to howard county, west friendship, in on that, and we slide off towards the east, we can see now, baltimore county, around elk ridge, fern dale, glen burnie, old mill, a wintery mix this morning, we will see more of that, around towson, dealing with snow mainly, but also some sleet mixing in, and with that, i will take it outside to mike masco, mike, what have you been seeing this morning? i have been seeing a little bit of everything. tell us what you are seeing. >> reporter: a little bit of everything through the course of the morning, we were in wood lawn, it started to snow, we got a coating, we found more in the way of sleet. 695, we looked at it, it looks

pretty good. once we got off 695, that's where things started to change. this is what is grounds is like, you have the crusty kinds of the snow, now combined with sleet out there, that is going to make for really well interesting travels across the area, until we get the full changeover to rain, this is the type of commute you will have, cold surfaces, grassy, not the grassy surfaces but the driveways , the walkways, this in here, this is below freezing, that's going to trip you up during the course of the morning. the primary roads now, kudos to our crews, a fantastic job, we were talking to them earlier, they were on stands by, they couldn't lay the pretreatment, things warmed up, they were allowed to use the standard old fashioned salt to put down on the roads. it's working on the primary roads, the secondary roads are a problem. that's the problem through the course of this morning and you notice on the bottom half of

the screen, we have the delays, and all across the area for good reason, because of the roadways being a mess. we will talk about the forecast coming up in a little bit. we are following a serious crash in harford county, 95, it has shutdown the northbound lanes, route 2 4, you will want to expect ther closures. use route 40 or route 7 as your alternate route. baltimore, a crash in notingham, bel air, necker avenue, if you are traveling 695, expect delays, this is parkville, at harford road authorities . notice the loop picking up here, you are looking at a 4 minute ride now on the outer loop b 795, down to 95, hunt valley, 83, shawan road, the roads are slick, it's going to be pretty icy because of the freezing rain and sleet.

use caution, especially when you are traveling across through intersections, because it's going to be really slick out there this morning. watchout for a crash in arundel county, hanover on arundel mills, summerton court. following a developing story this morning, celebration at a town in brazil turned in to the scene of horror. 233 people killed after a fire broke out in a nightclub. it started when pyrotechnics ban igniting. 100 people died in rhode island when the band great white set the walls and the ceiling on fire. back to news in the area, a desk will be empty at one baltimore county school. a 10 year old was killed in a house fire saturday and friends say the victim's name is raven. she attended hall burt academy. the girl was inside the home with he mother, grand father

and five children when the fire broke out in dundalk. >> i was hoping she would be okay, she was asleep while this was happening. she died, he family inside the hospital right now. >> investigators still aren't sure whether there were working motor vehicle detectors in the home. firefighters will be out in the neighborhood installing fire alarms. >> today the state will present its case in the felecia barns murder trial. johnson accused of killing the 16 year old, prosecutors told jurors they will hear from a convicted criminal and a friends who claims to have seen barns body in the suspect's apartment the day she went missing. the witness is a jailhouse snitch says the witness. john leopold trial. the judge says leopold was acting as a private citizen when he rode around in secure detail and ripped out the

opponents campaign signs. leopold faces three oh misconduct charges. the gift that is going to help students who need to attend college. michael bloomberg is giving $350 million, bloomberg has given more than a pillion bucks to the school since he graduated in the 60s. of the 350 million, $100 million will be used for financial aid.

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lawrence. r rated fairy tale, hansel and gretel took top honors. play book which is up for 8th academy awards landed third place with $10 million. >> working for you, keeping you ahead of the icy storm. a pree have you of the rally, the sendsoff they are going to new orleans in style. the fans are in the cold.

i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. weather is going to be the big story, as a result, a number of delays and closings, baltimore city, harford, cecil, howard, kent county, all on a 2 hour delay. >> lorel university, baltimore, columbia, timonium on a 90 minute delay. >> gillman school on a 2-hour delay and roland park country school because of what is happening outside now, which is a snow and ice mix. >> over to lynette for the latest on what she is seeing out there this morning. >> we are seeing a mess out there this morning. we have sleet, we have snow, we freezing rain, we have rain, coming down in the green this morning, really that rain

that's coming down is sticking on freezing roadways, what you are dealing with is freezing rain across the area. spots this morning, we are going to be dealing with just a mess, take it easy as you step out and about. see areas south of baltimore, coming down with snow across the area, you could be dealing with sleet mixing in to that, a big possibility across the area. also as we look off in to carroll county, where you are looking at the pinks across the area. more in frederick county this morning, take it easy on the roadways as you step out and about and traveling in to york, pennsylvania this morning, you are going the be dealing with the mix. thermont, i-70, dealing with sleet and snow and freezing rain across the area as well. a winter weather advisory is in effect until lunchtime today for the areas here, shaded in the blue, whether you going to north, heading to the east, the west, you are going to encounter that, the pinks are

winter storm warnings in effect for today. temperatures are variable, cold out there, they are above average, the average now 24-25 degrees, we are looking at 30 glen burnie, bel air, perry hall 29. with the temperatures, outside, to mike masco, tell us what you have going on out there right now. >> before we were talking about the pinging, the sleet coming down, now it's rain, at times back and forth. i venture to say we have the freezing rain component to the storm right now in towson, at the present moment. r[mx"xáhe f more of a snow and ice situation. if you go to the ground, this is the problem right now, the primary roads looking a little bit better than the secondary roadways, on the ground level where it's been so cold, not only the overnight but last several days from the arctic blasts we are accumulating the first burst of snow, and also

now the sleet, that's what is going on, on the pavement, on the secondary roadways this morning, its going to be an icy mess out there, 695, traveling from wood lawn to towson, things were looking goods on the primary roads, off on the secondary roadways, things get dicey, towards the north, tawny town pike, this is a mess, during the course of the mornings we see the cold air locking. in woe will talk about the storm in a little bit. how are the roads? i'm sure the accidents are starting to be reported. >> a cease one, harford, 95, the northbound lanes, now shutdown at route 24s we learned that this accident is fatal, one person has died, it will be closed for several hours, use route 40s route 7 as your alternate routes. problems in baltimore, a crab

in notingham, bell a, necker avenue, 95 white marsh, slow southbound from route 43, down to the through way, 695, picking up from parkville to towson , the west sides, speeds at 31 miles per hour, that's the average speed on the outer loop at baltimore national pike, a four minute delay traveling from 795, down to 70, here is 83, hunt valley, shawan roads, no delays, we are dealing with congestion, southbound, from york road to mount caramel road. an accident in, reported in arundel county, along the southbound lanes of 97, quarter field road. . christmas in charm city, we are six days away from super bowl xlvii the ravens are headed to new orleans. we have the pep rally going on and may have snow to boot. >> a snow globe with a lot of action behind sherrie johnson.

people don't mind the weather, though. >> reporter: we are seeing sleet and snow but people don't mind at all. look behind me, you can see all of the fans, look at these signs, they have t-shirts, they are excited. they are ready for the ravens rally. they are ready to spend tp ravens off to new orleans, they are out here early, they are not letting wintery mix bother them. we have the cheerleaders joining us. tell us about what the fans can expect. >> we have 6 to 10:00, bacon and beer. at 12 the players will show up. >> reporter: you see all the fabulous signs here, my friend tim here made these signs. i heard you haven't gotten much sleep. >> no. i can't get much sleep.

>> reporter: as you can see, people are excited about the ravens. the event kicks off at 11:30 this morning and 12:15, the ravens are expected to arrive here, and of course the fans are already starting to gather. they are expecting more. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. northbound light street, lee and pratt streets will be closed from 11:15 until 1:30 this afternoon. southbound light street remaining open, though. a possible immigration reform deal outlined by a bipartisan group of senators.

it's going to cost you more to mail a letter starting today. the postal service is charging a penny more, the first class scamp costs $0.46. relatives of five measure victims are joining a rally in annapolis, all to repeal maryland's death penalty, it's ing nizzed by maryland's citizens against state execution, group supporting o'malley's push to repeal the death penalty. state house delegate is sworn in today to represent pg&e coupeties 24th district. swain is replacing austin. austin was sentenced a misconduct charge. victory celebrations for the miami heat. the team is headed to the white house to meet the president, he will con garage late them on the championship win. it's going to cost you more to pay for items using a credit

card. stores can charge 4% more if you use a credit card. now retailers can pass the fee along to you. it doesn't apply to debit transactions, some states prohibit the surcharge. maryland is not one of them. gas prices starting to tick back up. increased $0.02 during the past with the weeks. the average cost for a gallon is $3.34. the same average for gas in the baltimore area. in the state $3.38, mid grade and premium prices have gone up a bit. now maryland's most accurate forecast. >> all right, let's talk about what is going on this morning, it is a mess, you can see it behind me, we have colors across the area. blue, snow, wintery mix in pink, green picking up the rain. this is coming together, that's why we are mixing and we have cold air already at the surface, we have warm air that's riding on top of that,

that's why we are dealing with the icy condition as we go through the rest of the morning hours. things will change all to rain as we go in to the afternoon time frame, be prepared for a very unsettled wet damp day. temperatures coming in at 31 degrees, steven zonks mowpts airy 30. temperatures are telling the story for today. depending upon in the temperature is above freezing, you are going to get precipitation in the form of rain, but also at the surface, this is tricky fox you are seeing the rain, the surface is cold, once the rain falls it freezes on contact, that's what you have for freezing rain. now, hickory is coming in 29 degrees, huntingtown 31. the future trends picking up on the wintery mix as we head through the 8:00 time frame, around 10:00, 11:00, things will start to switch all over to the rain category, by the evening commute, it looks like we could see rain showers in the forecast. a little bit dicey this

morning, icy this morning, and dicey as we go in to the afternoon with the rain, we will dry things out nicely as we head in to tuesday, for today , the temperature coming in 38 degrees, won't be as cold as it has been, the temperatures still above average, this is really the silver lining, by tonight temperatures above average , the roadways won't refreeze. tomorrow, 53 degrees, partly sunny and mild. the this is through the next 7 days here, thunderstorms in the forecast, as we go in to wednesday, we have gone from ice to thunderstorms and 63 degrees on wednesday. we drop back off as we heads head in to the weekend. i got umbrella out. we are talking about the fact that we are switched over to rain. east wind, southeast wind, dragging in the mild air, we have the changeover. whole different story towards the north. if you are going to come down

from yorks give it another hour, it's so cold out there, we have the cold air damming now. these are the side roads, leading out towards york roads panning right, you can see, wet not light. the secondary roads could give you trouble. seeing mostly the primary roads treated by the salt crews. the deal this morning, give it another hour or so, everyone will change over to rain. over to loren cook. we are dealing with several accidents, a very serious one in harford county, 95, the northbound lanes will be shutdown for several hours, route 24, stick are route 40 or 7 as your alternate route. traveling arundel county, another accident along the southbound lanes of 97, quarter

field road. 695, west side moving slowly baltimore national pike. average speed 33 miles per hour here on the outer loop, inner loop slowly pushing towards 795. packville, taking you an extra 7 minutes to travel the outer loop from 95 up to 83. watchout for a crash in notingham. mmmmmm. a choice of 6 skillet entrees,

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